NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Heather Reed of Eureka Springs, Ark., and puzzle master Will Shortz.

I got no memory.” But that doesn’t matter at a memory café, the informal gathering spaces for people living with dementia or other cognitive challenges. The cafes are increasingly popular — there are ...

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place ...

Callie Crossley, host of GBH's Under the Radar, with her 2024 collection of almost 300 Black Santas. Black Santa Wonderland 2024 is a wonder to behold, if I do say so myself.

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another ...

Let’s take a walk down the block. Today, we’re inside Mill No. 5 in Lowell. It’s not your typical block, but it sure does ...

Mike Wilkins joins Callie Crossley to discuss the 35th year of his annual holiday playlists full of wonderfully wacky songs.

NPR's "Bill of the Month" thousands of questionable bills. Our crowdsourced investigation paved the way for landmark ...

Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares.

The farming simulation game Stardew Valley came out eight years ago and became a sensation. Developers updated the game last month — making hundreds of changes and adding new content.

Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled ...

San Pedro Bay–area ports have been ramping up clean energy efforts, pushed by years of activism from community members ...